Re: How to rebuild the kernel for the network install

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On 09/28/2011 02:57 AM, Joshua C. wrote:
> As the title says, I'd like to reinstall fedora 15 with the netinstall
> image because it's about 100mb (kernel and initrd) instead of the
> install dvds. My problem is that those files located in
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/15/Fedora/x86_64/os/isolinux/
> have long been outdated. As you can see the kernel is only 3.7mb and
> the initrd almost 94mb. How to rebuild them from the latest
> kernel-2.6.40.4-6.fc15?
>
> --joshua

1. yum install dracut-network

2. use dracut (like mkinitrd) # dracut initrd.img `uname -r`

That's it.

Yoy can PXE boot that, or roll it up into a bootable iso, which is what 
netboot is.

But why not just use the existing iso?  easier

Good Luck!
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